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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!gokings From: gokings@netcom.com (Russell Marrash) Subject: Running trace on FreeBSD Message-ID: <gokingsCLoxF1.9z0@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 18:45:00 GMT Lines: 8 Hello all, I am trying to run trace and can't seem to get the syntax correct. It says usage: trace cmd machines cmd "on filename" off I type trace "on t.log" my.pc.i486 and it starts scrolling across the screen that 'my.pc.i486: host name lookup failure'. I'm confused what does it mean by machines? my.pc.i486 is what I named my machine when I installed FreeBSD.